Do I know how to be a famous artist?
Posted: February 4, 2012 Filed under: art, crass commercialism 1 CommentI was reading Tony Dowler’s “Year of the Dungeon” blog the other day where he was writing about the art bizness and it made me think about my own ‘career.’ Currently, I make a little bit of ‘supplemental’ income on my art; it is very uneven and hardly a living, and, if I worked out an ‘hourly wage’ including the time I spend communicating with people, looking stuff up, etc., it would probably pay less than flipping burgers, but I love it, so I wouldn’t give it up.
I’d like to get better at the business side of things, however. For one thing, I think it would be a great spur to creativity. I’m also inspired by hearing that an artist I admire, Skinner, just published a new book: http://theartofskinner.com/blog/01-30-2012/book-release. I’m hoping I ordered early enough to get the bonus print.
So I have been doing a little bit of reading on the art biz. These are described as pertinent questions and are lifted from this article(http://www.artbusiness.com/wannafame.html):
(quote) Here’s more of what you have to learn in order to become successful as an artist:
► How to talk and write about your art in ways people understand, regardless of how little or how much they know about art.
► How to price your art and answer questions about your prices.
► How to make people appreciate your art and feel like it’s worth owning.
► How to respond when people criticize your art.
► How to know when you have enough art and enough of a selection to start showing and selling.
► How to show your art in ways that make it appealing to potential buyers.
► How to document your art in ways that increase its appeal to potential buyers.
► How to make sure that anyone who’s interested in your art is able to buy something, regardless of how little or how much they have to spend.
► How to sell your art outside of the gallery system.
► How to sell your art if it’s not the kind of art that galleries sell.
► How to find markets for your art outside of the gallery system.
► How to barter or trade your art for goods or services.
► How to present yourself and your art in ways that don’t sabotage your opportunities to make sales.
DEWD YUO ARE OVERTHNIKING!
IT ARE EASY – JUST DRAW MOAR BETTER PITCHERS!!1
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-NUNYA